Welcome, ambassador. Thank you very much. Host host it is such a pleasure to have you here. We have 30 minutes for the chat and we will get to your questions during the conversation. If you have not sent them already, post them on twitter using politico. We have great ones rolling in. Ambassador, i want us to spend our time talking about policy. Time, in such a strange thought we could ask a couple questions about how your job is actually unfolding before we get into the meaty stuff. Maybe lets start with the border context. You have decades of experience at the u. N. , you have worked in the u. S. Previously in conflict zones. Thinking over all of those errors, what has changed from when you started out in diplomacy . Wow. That is a big question. Not much has changed actually. That sounds dull. And it sounds like diplomats are stuck in the last century. But fundamentally, diplomacy is about human relations. It is about implementing people and explaining your point of view. Skill hasou
Pierce was interviewed by politico about the coronavirus pandemic. Her diplomatic service, and the status of u. S. U. K. Relations. This is about half an hour. Ryan thank you so much for joining us. If you have not already signed up for my weekly newsletter, it is free, and you can sign up at politico. Com. It is my very great pleasure to welcome a heavy weight of Foreign Policy and global politics, the new British Ambassador to the united states, dame karen pierce. Amb. Pierce thank you very much. Ryan it is such a pleasure to have you here. We have about 30 minutes for the chat and we will get to your questions as well during the conversation. If you have not sent them already, post them on twitter using politico. We already have great ones rolling in. Ambassador, i want to spend most of our time talking about policy, but we are in such strange times. I thought we could ask some questions about how your job is actually unfolding before we get into the meaty stuff. Lets start with the
Im john wetenhall. Here on the campus of George Washington university in the heart of washington, d. C. Norman rockwells four freedoms exhibition is a traveling show, celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Norman Rockwell museum, the 75th anniversary of dday, and putting on the wall the images Norman Rockwell created that rockwell painted the created the ideological concepts that president roosevelt in the state of the Union Address in 1941. This is freedom of speech and expression. The second is freedom of every person who worships god in his own way everywhere in the world. The third is freedom from want, translated in the world terms, means economic understanding procured through every nation a healthy peace time life everywhere in the world. The fourth is freedom of fear. It means a worldwide reduction of armament. That no nation will be in a position to be in a physical act of aggression against any neighbor anywhere in the world. applause what people forget today is that the con
That gets a ding the federal trade Commission Just approved pepsis purchase of Rockstar Energy drinks. Its going to be so annoying at restaurants when they order a coke and a red bull and the waitress says, sorry, is pepsi and rockstar okay . Thats right, pepsi now owns mountain dew and Rockstar Energy drinks. Pepsi, who are you fooling just start making meth and call it a day come on. This is exciting last night, espn aired the first two parts of their Michael Jordan docuseries, the last dance. Yeah, its something sports fans cant pass up, sort of like Michael Jordan, any time he had the ball. Oh [ ding ] wow. President obama was interviewed for the series and a lot of people laughed at the description the filmmakers gave him check it out they just call him former chicago resident. Thats like calling jesus former carpenter. And they were like, our mistake, it should have just said michelles husband. [ ding ] i see that disney brought back its bedtime hotline to help kids through the p
So bad that were going to be debating whether were in a serious recession or depression. We have pockets, though, of strength Like Technology and health care. But those pockets cant offset a very weak backdrop, can they we saw it again today. The dow lost 218 points. The s p 500, it tumbled. 7 . But the techheavy nasdaq also had the darn gall to rally. 51 , and was up a percent most of the day. Oh, the indignity. If you make technology that helps businesses cut costs by firing people, or having them stay home, youre doing great. If you make something people literally captain live cant live without, medicine, terrific Everything Else is a drug here staggering layoffs and the big drop in the index i am worried about, or at least a lot of what im worried about which is 9 s p 500. It gets worse. If you run a business leave it to the u. S. Economy and not chinas economy, well, now your stock is getting walloped. Over and over in the earnings season we see Companies Report an incredible 2 1